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Software Freedom @conservancy: "Open Source AI Definition Erodes the Meaning of 'Open Source'"
"With this announcement, we have reached the moment that software freedom advocates have feared for decades: the definition of “open source” — with which OSI was entrusted — now differs in significant ways from the views of most software freedom advocates."
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/oct/31/open-source-ai-definition-osaid-erodes-foss/
" The concept was explored and discussed publicly (under the moniker “Free Software”) for decades before it was officially “defined”. The OSI announced itself as the “marketing department for Free Software” "
Much as it saddens me, I think the first step in this road was that initial announcement calling itself the marketing department for Free Software.
I always considered the OSI as custodians of the OSI definition. How naive of me.
@onepict The only thing that makes OSI de facto stewards of anything is the community legitimacy they used to have.
@downey yeah well that legacy is trashed now.
@downey@floss.social@onepict Somewhere (LWN?) I saw that there's a group forming of those willing to build something better than OSI:
@downey yeah, I saw that.